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Vietnam veteran Col. George “Bud” Day was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general during a Heritage to Horizons summer concert series at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, Jun. 8.
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The iconic B-17F Memphis Belle bomber is back on exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The warbird was unveiled to the public on May 17, the 75th anniversary of its last bombing mission.
Photo: National Museum of USAF
The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation will be offering rides on the AH-1F attack helicopter in several Southern California locations this summer.
The Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum will reopen on Mar. 24 after being closed for renovation. Visitors will be able to see the only surviving Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien in Japan.
By Richard Vandervord [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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MIG Corporation announced on Mar. 19 that Soviet test pilot Georgy Mosolov has died at the age of 91 in Moscow. Mosolov was the test pilot for the MiG-21 and set world records on variants of the aircraft.
By Mihenator (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons